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DANIËL DE BLIECK (?-1673 Middelburg)
The interior of a baptistery by night
signed and dated 'D.D. Blieck F 1652' (strengthened, lower right, on the base of the column)
oil on panel
3034 x 3114 in. (78 X 79.3 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Lyon & Turnbull, Edinbugh, 29 May 2008, lot 31.
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Daniel de Blieck represents a light note in an otherwise dark period of painting in Middelburg. He entered the city's architectural guild in 1648 and it appears it is here that he embarked on his painting career. His comprehension of interior space and the clarity of his draftsmanship clearly derive from his formal training as an architect while the concept of depicting imaginary church interiors is a direct response to the work of Hendrick van Vliet and Anthonie de Lorme, whose paintings he likely encountered during an extended trip to Delft and Rotterdam in the mid-1650s.

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